WO2008126091A3 - Protein skimmer - Google Patents

Protein skimmer Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2008126091A3
WO2008126091A3 PCT/IL2008/000520 IL2008000520W WO2008126091A3 WO 2008126091 A3 WO2008126091 A3 WO 2008126091A3 IL 2008000520 W IL2008000520 W IL 2008000520W WO 2008126091 A3 WO2008126091 A3 WO 2008126091A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
foam collection
protein skimmers
foam
protein
duct
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/IL2008/000520
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2008126091A2 (en
Inventor
Neil H. Marks
Sharon Ram
Original Assignee
Red Sea Fish Pharm Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from IL182603A external-priority patent/IL182603A0/en
Priority claimed from IL189538A external-priority patent/IL189538A0/en
Application filed by Red Sea Fish Pharm Ltd filed Critical Red Sea Fish Pharm Ltd
Priority to US12/450,731 priority Critical patent/US8268166B2/en
Publication of WO2008126091A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008126091A2/en
Publication of WO2008126091A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008126091A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K63/00—Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria; Terraria
    • A01K63/04—Arrangements for treating water specially adapted to receptacles for live fish
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/24—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flotation

Landscapes

  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Marine Sciences & Fisheries (AREA)
  • Animal Husbandry (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Removal Of Floating Material (AREA)

Abstract

Protein skimmers having an upright housing including an open topped body with a manually removable foam collection cup for sealing mounting on the body. The foam collection cups encircle a foam collection duct except for a recessed inspection window for exposing an area of the foam collection duct's exterior surface for enabling an aquarist a generally horizontal line of sight to continuously inspect the foam collection duct's interior. The protein skimmers have a canister-like configuration with a front control panel including a main inlet, a main outlet and at least one aspirating pump for circulating an air/water mixture. The protein skimmers include a disperser for dispersing an incoming flow of organic loaded water peripherally downward into a reaction chamber in a substantially uniform manner. The protein skimmers include a washing mechanism for periodically washing their foam collection ducts without having to remove their foam collection cups.
PCT/IL2008/000520 2007-04-17 2008-04-16 Protein skimmer WO2008126091A2 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US12/450,731 US8268166B2 (en) 2007-04-17 2008-04-16 Protein skimmer

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IL182603A IL182603A0 (en) 2007-04-17 2007-04-17 Protein skimmer having foam collection cup with inspection window
IL182603 2007-04-17
IL189538A IL189538A0 (en) 2008-02-14 2008-02-14 Protein skimmer
IL189538 2008-02-14

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2008126091A2 WO2008126091A2 (en) 2008-10-23
WO2008126091A3 true WO2008126091A3 (en) 2010-02-25

Family

ID=39864458

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/IL2008/000520 WO2008126091A2 (en) 2007-04-17 2008-04-16 Protein skimmer

Country Status (2)

Country Link
US (1) US8268166B2 (en)
WO (1) WO2008126091A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102008052739B3 (en) * 2008-10-22 2010-06-02 Deltec Gmbh Device for removing organic matter from the water of aquariums
US8501475B2 (en) 2011-12-21 2013-08-06 Heliae Development Llc Systems and methods for contaminant removal from a microalgae culture
CN205346881U (en) * 2016-02-01 2016-06-29 广东博宇集团有限公司 Water albumen separator
USD794874S1 (en) * 2016-02-17 2017-08-15 Red Sea Aquatics (UK) Ltd. Piping enclosure unit of an aquarium
US10442714B2 (en) 2017-04-25 2019-10-15 Matthew Cheyne Wastewater treatment system
US20230016197A1 (en) * 2021-07-13 2023-01-19 Robert Schmidt Water Salinizer

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5006230A (en) * 1989-04-03 1991-04-09 Votava Iii Paul Dual-action aquarium filter
US5562821A (en) * 1995-07-21 1996-10-08 Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico Foam fractionator
US5776335A (en) * 1994-09-09 1998-07-07 Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh Gas entrainment flotation reactor with arrangements for separating solids from liquids
US6808625B1 (en) * 2003-12-19 2004-10-26 Chen-Yang Wu Aquarium protein skimmer
US20060163131A1 (en) * 2005-01-24 2006-07-27 Eric Kieselbach Aquarium filtration system with bio-reactor

Family Cites Families (45)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1642838A1 (en) * 1968-03-04 1971-04-22 Inst Wasserwirtschaft Flotation process and device for carrying out the separation of substances from solutions and for thickening slurries
US3965007A (en) * 1973-09-17 1976-06-22 Arnold Conn Protein skimmer
US4033719A (en) * 1973-09-17 1977-07-05 Arnold Conn Ultraviolet sterilizer
US3994811A (en) * 1975-06-12 1976-11-30 Harvey Kenneth Cohen Protein skimmer and carbon filtration replaceable unit
US4512885A (en) * 1983-01-07 1985-04-23 Willinger Bros., Inc. Aquarium filter assembly
US4602996A (en) * 1983-01-07 1986-07-29 Willinger Bros., Inc. Aquarium filter assembly
USD291720S (en) * 1985-03-11 1987-09-01 Willinger Bros. Inc. Aquarium filter pump
DE3525861A1 (en) * 1985-07-19 1987-01-29 Benedikt Klaes METHOD FOR MIXING GAS MIXTURES INTO WATER FROM SEAWATER AQUARIES FOR FOAMING
DE3643931A1 (en) * 1986-12-22 1988-07-07 Kernforschungsanlage Juelich FUMING / FLOTATION REACTOR
US4997559A (en) * 1989-08-18 1991-03-05 Willinger Brothers, Inc. Aquarium filter assembly with restricted pumping window
US5078867A (en) * 1990-05-18 1992-01-07 Michael Danner Aquarium filter/protein skimmer system
US5098585A (en) * 1991-06-03 1992-03-24 Willinger Bros., Inc. Aquarium filter assembly
DE4214318C1 (en) * 1992-05-04 1993-10-28 Neuhaus Adolf Ing Grad Device for skimming essentially organic components contained in fresh water or sea water
US5282962A (en) * 1992-07-17 1994-02-01 Chen Chi Der Protein skimmer and power head thereof
IT231805Y1 (en) * 1993-09-28 1999-08-06 Valerio Bresolin EXTERNAL FILTERING DEVICE PARTICULARLY FOR AQUARIUMS
DE4416447C1 (en) * 1994-05-10 1995-08-24 Aqua Medic Anlagenbau Gmbh Protein foam removal from sea water aquarium
USD368297S (en) * 1994-05-11 1996-03-26 Dunlap Eugene W Combined aquarium filter and aerator
DE4416587C1 (en) 1994-05-11 1995-08-31 Erwin Sander Elektroapparateba Cleaning device for foam pipe in flotation tower
US5484525A (en) * 1994-07-13 1996-01-16 Aquarium Systems, Inc. Foam fractionation protein skimmer assembly
US5554280A (en) * 1995-05-15 1996-09-10 Loehr; Gary Filter system
US5728293A (en) * 1995-06-12 1998-03-17 Aquarium Systems, Inc. External filter assembly for aquariums
US5665227A (en) * 1995-11-29 1997-09-09 Watt; Ronald Dual-flow protein skimmer
US5736034A (en) * 1996-08-27 1998-04-07 James W. Phillips Protein removal system
US6054045A (en) * 1997-05-15 2000-04-25 Pond Supplies Of America, Inc. Skimmer filters for ponds
DE19825162C2 (en) 1998-06-05 2002-10-24 Lars Doertelmann Hydraulically or pneumatically operated piston water pump for plankton breeding and maintenance (as small animal feed)
USD428469S (en) * 1998-10-09 2000-07-18 Aplister, S.A. Filter for swimming pools
US6156209A (en) * 1999-02-11 2000-12-05 Kim; Jason Protein skimmer
US6436295B2 (en) * 1999-02-11 2002-08-20 Jason Kim Protein skimmer
IL135787A0 (en) * 2000-04-23 2001-05-20 Red Sea Fish Pharm Ltd Protein skimmer
USD451580S1 (en) * 2000-05-01 2001-12-04 Red Sea Fish Pharm Ltd. Protein skimmer
CA2460172A1 (en) * 2001-09-12 2003-03-20 Cumminscorp Limited An aquaculture system
JP2003304774A (en) 2002-04-15 2003-10-28 Yoji Nagano Aquarium
US20030201232A1 (en) * 2002-04-29 2003-10-30 Matthew Cheyne Flotation/fractionation systems for treating liquids and in separation of liquids to be treated thereby
AU2003255879A1 (en) 2002-08-22 2004-03-11 Mark Anthony Miles Water recycling aquacultural equipment and its application
US6849189B2 (en) * 2002-10-28 2005-02-01 Mote Marine Laboratory Horizontal reaction chamber comprised of nested, concentric tubes for use in water purification
US7309443B2 (en) * 2002-12-27 2007-12-18 Kelty Charles F Skimmer and filter
US20040164011A1 (en) * 2003-02-24 2004-08-26 Geudtner James Michael Marine aquarium filter
DE20319867U1 (en) 2003-12-30 2004-03-11 Zinn, Thomas Protein skimmer for fresh water aquaria comprises two concentric tubes, up which foam rises from flow of water containing air bubbles.
AU2004315441B9 (en) * 2004-02-05 2009-03-26 Clarity Wts As Improved protein skimmer
US7624969B2 (en) * 2004-09-30 2009-12-01 Justin Schletz Two-stage injector-mixer
US20060065987A1 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-03-30 Justin Schletz Two-stage injector-mixer
DE102004062519A1 (en) 2004-12-24 2006-07-06 Thomas Zinn Protein skimmer for aquarium technology comprises an outer pipe, a downward open internal pipe with drillings, and an inlet for water flow
US20070193956A1 (en) * 2006-02-23 2007-08-23 Nelson Thomas E Aquarium protein skimmer
CN101081714B (en) * 2006-05-31 2010-12-15 广州神阳高新技术有限公司 Automatic lifting foam discharge horizontal control device
TWM306470U (en) * 2006-07-04 2007-02-21 Jiun-Jie Liou Sleeve for protein skimmer

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5006230A (en) * 1989-04-03 1991-04-09 Votava Iii Paul Dual-action aquarium filter
US5776335A (en) * 1994-09-09 1998-07-07 Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh Gas entrainment flotation reactor with arrangements for separating solids from liquids
US5562821A (en) * 1995-07-21 1996-10-08 Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico Foam fractionator
US6808625B1 (en) * 2003-12-19 2004-10-26 Chen-Yang Wu Aquarium protein skimmer
US20060163131A1 (en) * 2005-01-24 2006-07-27 Eric Kieselbach Aquarium filtration system with bio-reactor

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2008126091A2 (en) 2008-10-23
US20100051520A1 (en) 2010-03-04
US8268166B2 (en) 2012-09-18

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2008126091A3 (en) Protein skimmer
TW200628739A (en) Humidifier
RU2013129853A (en) SEPARATOR OF WATER AND DIRT
WO2008050165A8 (en) Container for analyzing liquid
EP1535560A3 (en) Dust-collecting device and vacuum cleaner for both wet and dry cleaning using the same
WO2010085176A4 (en) Method for supplying air into a spray booth (embodiments) and a ventilation unit for implementing the method (embodiments)
CN106225119A (en) A kind of water-washing type air purification aeration device
CN106140545A (en) Double air intake water rotation type water-screen cabinets
CN106016494A (en) Air purifier convenient to clean
GB2464597A (en) Protein skimmer
CN206955740U (en) Integrated MBR sewage disposal devices
WO2011010125A3 (en) Gas flow rate and liquid level monitoring apparatus
US11351501B2 (en) Multi-stage treatment system and methods for removal of target vapor compounds from contaminated air streams
CN204911091U (en) Water curtain air purification device
US11338244B1 (en) Multi-stage treatment system and methods for removal of target vapor compounds from contaminated air streams
CN211637089U (en) Environment-friendly paint spraying chamber
CN209745958U (en) Environmental acid rain monitor
CN207811373U (en) A kind of biofilter that can handle waste water repeatedly
CN209643836U (en) A kind of offal impurity removing equipment
DE102004016860A1 (en) Condensate remover for building ventilating system uses high-frequency or ordinary nebuliser to form mist of fine water droplets in stream of air blown through exit grille
CN208512602U (en) A kind of Multi-functional chemical experiment table
CN109850975A (en) A kind of segregating protein from fresh water
CN204469461U (en) A kind of air purifier
KR20210024817A (en) Air purifier suitable for mandatory ventilation
CN108525534A (en) A kind of high-concentration ozone water generation machine

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 08738222

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 12450731

Country of ref document: US

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 08738222

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2